Genetic characterization of loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) individuals stranded and caught as bycatch from the North-Central Adriatic Sea

Amphibia Reptilia

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 127-133

  Giovannotti, Massimo ^a   Franzellitti, Silvia ^b   Cerioni, Paola Nisi ^a   Fabbri, Elena ^b   Guccione, Sergio ^a   Vallini, Carola ^c   Tinti, Fausto ^b   Caputo, Vincenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c A R C H É Research and Educational Activities for Chelonian Conservation   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adriatic Sea; Caretta caretta; Loggerhead turtle; Mixed stock analysis; MtDNA haplotypes

Indexed keywords

BYCATCH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENDEMIC SPECIES; JUVENILE; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; MIGRATION ROUTE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; STOCK COLLAPSE; TURTLE;

ADRIATIC SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

CARETTA CARETTA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 79960972668     PISSN: 01735373     EISSN: 15685381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853810790457902     Document Type: Article

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